Cabinet Secretary T V Somanathan on Saturday reviewed the preparedness for an impending cyclone in the Bay of Bengal and said the aim should be to ensure zero loss of lives and minimise damage to property and infrastructure. Fishermen have been advised not to venture out in the sea and more than 900 ships have been shepherded to the shore.

While National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams have been kept on alert and will be mobilised at short notice, rescue-and-relief teams of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Indian Coast Guard, along with their ships and aircraft, have been kept in readiness.

“Fishermen have been advised not to venture into the southwest and the adjoining central Bay of Bengal along and off the Tamil Nadu , Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry and Odisha coast from October 26 to

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